The Spring Elections results are in!

Thank you to everyone who voted. We had an incredible turnout this year, with 5,963 of you turning out to vote, making up a total of 43,831 individual votes. That works out of 22% of the student population having their say.

Without further ado, here are the results…

Full-Time Officer positions

These are our Full-Time Officers for 2017/18:

Union President – Flora Noble with 2420 votes

Vice President Democracy and Creative Industries – Evie Reilly with 2022 votes

Vice President Welfare – Samantha Higman with 2056 votes

Vice President Engagement – Dan Varley with … Read the rest

With nominations now closed, we are pleased to introduce our candidates for the Spring Elections 2017.

We have received a healthy 51 nominations from students running for our Full-Time Officer and Student Leader roles and the figure includes an incredible five nominations for students running as Union President this year. The Union President is responsible for leading the Union and the Full-Time Officers. The role involves playing a key part in decision making across the Union, including chairing our Trustee Board and being in charge of Union finances.

Seventeen students nominated themselves for our Full-Time Officer roles – and you … Read the rest

Congratulations to everyone who was elected in our Autumn Elections 2016.

The elections were run to offer students the opportunity to run for positions in:

• Student Leader, Zone Open Places, Postgrad Committee and Senate
• Academic President and Vice President
• Course Representatives

You can view the results in full on our website at www.unionsouthampton.org/elections/2016… Read the rest

Do you really know what our Full-Time Officers are doing day-to-day? To help you gain an insight into what our Officers get up to while you’re in lectures, they’ve launched their very own Twitter accounts. Ask them for progress on projects at the click of a button and get a chance to snoop into the world of University meetings and events planning, as it happens.

Follow Friday #FF

• Union President – Alex Hovden @SotonPres
• Vice-President Democracy & Creative Industries – Cameron Meldrum @SotonVPDCI
• Vice-President Engagement – Dan Varley @SotonVPEngage
• Vice-President Education – Elliot Grater @SotonVPEd
• Vice-President Sports Development – Tom

Nominations for the Spring Elections are open! Nominate yourself here.

Did you know?

• Sabbatical positions are just that – if you are in the middle of your studies, you can take a year out to run for a position and then resume your work afterwards.
• We have Full-Time (Sabbatical) positions, but we also have lots of part-time positions available for you to take part in.

Here’s a bit more about our Full-Time roles. You can find out more here.

#ICan #IWill… Read the rest